Bill Text: NY A06025 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to license fees

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to economic development [A06025 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A06025-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6025
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 24, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. HOYT, PEOPLES -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Economic Development, Job Creation, Commerce and Industry
       AN ACT to amend the alcoholic  beverage  control  law,  in  relation  to
         license fees
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 4 of  section  66  of  the  alcoholic  beverage
    2  control law, as amended by section 3 of part Z of chapter 85 of the laws
    3  of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
    4    4.  The  annual  fee for a license, under section sixty-four or sixty-
    5  four-a OF THIS ARTICLE, to sell liquor at retail to be consumed  on  the
    6  premises  where  sold shall be twenty-one hundred seventy-six dollars in
    7  the counties of New York, Kings, Bronx and Queens; fifteen hundred thir-
    8  ty-six dollars in the county of Richmond and in cities  having  a  popu-
    9  lation of more than one hundred thousand and less than one million WHICH
   10  ARE  OUTSIDE  OF  THE  COUNTY OF ERIE; twelve hundred sixteen dollars in
   11  cities having a population of more than fifty thousand and less than one
   12  hundred thousand; and the sum of eight hundred ninety-six dollars  else-
   13  where; except that the license fees for catering establishments shall be
   14  two-thirds the license fee specified herein and for clubs, except lunch-
   15  eon  clubs and golf clubs, shall be seven hundred fifty dollars in coun-
   16  ties of New York, Kings, Bronx and Queens; five hundred dollars  in  the
   17  county  of  Richmond  and in cities having a population of more than one
   18  hundred thousand and less than one million; three hundred fifty  dollars
   19  in  cities having a population of more than fifty thousand and less than
   20  one hundred thousand; and the sum of two  hundred  fifty  dollars  else-
   21  where.  The annual fees for luncheon clubs shall be three hundred seven-
   22  ty-five dollars, and for golf clubs in the counties of New York,  Kings,
   23  Bronx,  Queens,  Nassau,  Richmond  and  Westchester,  two hundred fifty
   24  dollars, and elsewhere one hundred eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents.
   25  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, there  shall
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       A. 6025                             2
    1  be  no  annual  fee  for  a  license,  under  section sixty-four OF THIS
    2  ARTICLE, to sell liquor at retail to be consumed on the  premises  where
    3  the  applicant  is  an  organization organized under section two hundred
    4  sixty  of the military law and incorporated pursuant to the not-for-pro-
    5  fit corporation law.   Provided, however, that where  any  premises  for
    6  which a license is issued pursuant to section sixty-four or sixty-four-a
    7  of  this  article  remain  open  only within the period commencing April
    8  first and ending October thirty-first of any one year,  or  only  within
    9  the period commencing October first and ending the following April thir-
   10  tieth,  the  liquor  authority may, in its discretion, grant a summer or
   11  winter license effective only for such appropriate period of  time,  for
   12  which  a  license  fee  shall be paid to be pro-rated for the period for
   13  which such license is effective, at the rate provided for in  the  city,
   14  town  or village in which such premises are located, except that no such
   15  license fee shall be less than one-half of the  regular  annual  license
   16  fee;  provided further that where the premises to be licensed are a race
   17  track or a golf course or are licensed pursuant to section sixty-four or
   18  sixty-four-a of this  [chapter]  ARTICLE,  the  period  of  such  summer
   19  license may commence March first and end November thirtieth.
   20    Where  a  hotel,  restaurant,  club, golf course or race track is open
   21  prior to April first and/or subsequent to October thirty-first by reason
   22  of the issuance of a caterer's permit or permits issued by the  authori-
   23  ty,  such fact alone shall not affect the eligibility of the premises or
   24  the person owning or operating such hotel, restaurant, club, golf course
   25  or race track for a summer license.
   26    S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
   27  have become a law.